The final report documents a 3 year program for preschool handicapped children. Information is presented on the following aspects of the program (subtopics in parentheses): direct and supplementary services to children (providing a home based educational program for children focusing on parent training, coordinating supplementary child services…

The advice of evaluators is useful in the planning of program objectives because the program will eventually be evaluated on the basis of these objectives. This paper provides two tools for the development of program objectives. The "Levels of Program Objectives" method focuses on the intended outcomes of a program. The levels range from the…

Generally accepted methods of evaluation and measurement used by responsible educators are first discussed. These techniques are demonstrated as they apply to evaluating school health education programs. It is pointed out that effective evaluation encompasses everyone upon whom the program has an impact--students, teachers, supervisors,…

Described is the development of an instrument to evaluate the relationship between expenditures and effectiveness of special education programs. It is explained that the quality indicator instrument, developed through the Delphi process and refined through item analysis, consists of 38 items in seven areas, including instructional setting,…

The present investigation attempted to determine particular vocationally-related behaviors common to second semester seniors in two inner-city high schools, to gather data about these behaviors, to analyze and evaluate these data, and to draw conclusions about the relative vocational maturity of individuals in the study population. Data were…

Four hundred and fifty-three patrons responded to a 1976 library use survey conducted at California State College at Dominguez Hills to assess present effectiveness and identify areas of concern for use in planning. The study found that some library patrons use the local public libraries because they are more convenient, while others use larger…

This planning model outlines eight steps that enable local education agencies to formulate a program for staff development. The program is designed to modify organizational, managerial, and instructional practices that inhibit reading success among both children and adults. The eight action steps are: (1) assess district-wide reading needs; (2)…

In order to estimate to what degree the objectives of a training course for special teachers are reached, it is necessary to focus on how the student-special teacher is doing his job before, during, and after training. Both the special school situation and the training situation are involved in the process of evaluation. (Author/SBH)

Many efforts in providing training programs for parents of handicapped children have not provided for adequate parental input. Implications of reviewing previous efforts in advocacy programs indicate a need to develop a more systematic approach in both obtaining information on parental involvement as child advocates and in developing training…

Presented as part of a symposium on evaluation on juvenile diversion programs, this brief paper describes several specific research procedures which have been utilized to help decide which type of diversion approach is best for specific types of clients. Procedures discussed are the regression discontinuity design, the tie-breaker design, and the…

Characteristics of an effective peer tutoring program for exceptional children are reviewed, and program implementation models are described. Specification of outcomes, assessment of attainment of outcomes, monitoring of project implementation, and field testing or use of a pilot project are among the characteristics of an effective program noted.…

Presented is adopter/facilitator information of Project FAST (Functional Analysis Systems Training) to provide educational and support services to learning disordered children and their regular elementary teachers. Briefly described are the three schools in the Essexville-Hampton (Michigan) school district; objectives of the program; program…

Presented is the final report of a research program to select and describe outstanding Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) projects. Projects were analyzed in terms of 14 components of an HCEEP program (such as screening, programing, and inservice training). A detailed discussion of model selection and validation is appendixed.)…

In order to better measure outputs in the student personnel services, an attempt was made through an all day off-campus student affairs retreat to develop a model which would identify the desired outcome, indicate the accountable area, specify the method of accomplishing the outcome, and list the techniques for measuring the accomplishments in…

Dyer's (1970) model was utilized to examine instructional practices and easy-to-change surrounding conditions variables related to effective primary grade reading programs. Hard-to-change surrounding conditions variables were used in regression analyses as predictors of fourth grade reading achievement in 844 (75%) of the Iowa elementary schools;…